72nd NBR Awards December 6, 2000

Best Film: Quills The 72nd National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2000, were announced on 6 December 2000 and given on 16 January 2001.

Top 10 films Quills Traffic Croupier You Can Count on Me Billy Elliot Before Night Falls Gladiator Wonder Boys Sunshine Dancer in the Dark

Top Foreign Films Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Butterfly A Time for Drunken Horses Malèna Girl on the Bridge

Winners Best Film: Quills Best Foreign Language Film: Wo hu cang long (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), Taiwan/Hong Kong/United States/P.R. China Best Actor: Javier Bardem – Before Night Falls Best Actress: Julia Roberts – Erin Brockovich Best Supporting Actor: Joaquin Phoenix – Gladiator Best Supporting Actress: Lupe Ontiveros – Chuck & Buck Breakthrough Performance – Male: Jamie Bell – Billy Elliot Breakthrough Performance – Female: Michelle Rodríguez – Girlfight Best Acting by and Ensemble: State and Main Best Director: Steven Soderbergh – Erin Brockovich and Traffic Best Screenplay: All the Pretty Horses – Ted Tally Best Documentary Feature: The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg Best Animated Feature: Chicken Run Career Achievement Award: Ellen Burstyn Special Filmmaking Achievement: Kenneth Lonergan – You Can Count on Me Outstanding Production Design: Arthur Max – Gladiator Career Achievement – Music Composition: Ennio Morricone William K. Everson Award for Film History: Roger Gottlieb and Robert Kimball, Reading Lyrics Special Citations: Björk – Outstanding Dramatic Music Performance, Dancer in the Dark Dekalog, Outstanding Cinematic Series Freedom of Expression: A Time for Drunken Horses Bamboozled Before Night Falls The Circle Kadosh Quills Sound and Fury The Visit Special Recognition for Excellence in Filmmaking: American Psycho Best in Show Chuck & Buck Girlfight Hamlet Nurse Betty Requiem for a Dream Shower Snatch Two Family House

References

External links National Board of Review of Motion Pictures :: Awards for 2000